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Supporting frontline nurses to ask questions and engage in bedside research benefits nurses, patients and organizations. That鈥檚 why 兔子先生members Kerri Scanlon, MSN, RSN, deputy chief nurse executive at Northwell Health and chief nurse executive at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y.,鈥
The World Health Organization (WHO) observed the first World Patient Safety Day Sept. 17 as part of a campaign to make patient safety a global health priority. WHO is encouraging patients, health professionals, policymakers and industry leaders to 鈥淪peak up for patient safety!鈥 Focused safety鈥
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) will be conducting a 2020 RN Practice Analysis Study for the development of the 2022 NCLEX-RN Test Plan.
The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, will fund pragmatic trials to test dementia care interventions in real-world settings. Brown University in Providence, R.I., will partner with Massachusetts-based Hebrew Senior Life to manage the trials, which are expected鈥
TAKEheart, a free, 12-month long cardiac rehabilitation initiative, will be holding an informational webinar on Oct. 8 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CT. Designed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, TAKEheart will help hospitals improve health outcomes by automating referral processes and鈥
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare is asking health care systems to join an early adopter cohort that will begin using the Center鈥檚 Targeted Solutions Tool this October to combat sepsis. The tool reflects lessons learned from earlier center initiatives that produced 20% to 50%鈥
Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, noted that several new bills will address health care disparities and health coverage in maternal health. A Sept.
While health care systems have focused their efforts on identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking, few hospitals have instituted models for long-term, integrated care of these same individuals to help them move from victimization to survivorship. The Medical Safe Haven clinic鈥
Nurses are historically underrepresented on all types of governing boards, but according to the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), the number of nurses serving on boards has grown considerably in recent years, from 3,111 in 2017 to 5,034 as of this June.
Two Tennessee nurse leaders are addressing housing, education, transportation, employment and other nonmedical factors that have a profound influence on mental and physical health. As clinical director of the Tennessee Department of Health鈥檚 Office of Primary Prevention, Patti Scott, DNP, PNP, is鈥